School: Clover Hill (roll number 13262)
- Location:
- Lissagallan, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhaoilealaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0263, Page 335
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- (continued from previous page)put down eggs to hatch they mark them, it is said for fear another hen might lay and we might not know which egg to take out.
- Domestic Animals.
Those are the names of the domestic animals: cow, horse, sheep, pig, goat. The fowl are hens, ducks geese, chickens.
When we are diving in the cows we say "go up". The cow house is white washed inside. There are mangers in it for the hay. There is a division between each cow.
The cows are tied to a chain that is attached to the wall and there is a rope or a chain put around each cow's neck
People say if you were humming when milking the cow she would give more milk.
The sheep is a very quiet animal are out in the fields(continues on next page) - Collector
- Attracta Fallon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ardkeeran, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Mrs Fallon
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 48
- Address
- Ardcarn, Co. Roscommon
